Re: global time signature style in 2.11.62

2008-10-24 Thread plutek-infinity
i guess the two staff contexts were conflicting. plutek-infinity wrote: greetings! in 2.11.61, this changed time signature style to numeric: \layout { \context { \Staff \override TimeSignature #'style = #'() } } in 2.11.62, it no longer does so

Re: global time signature style in 2.11.62

2008-10-24 Thread plutek-infinity
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:05:46 +0200 From: Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] plutek-infinity wrote: sorry my mistake. i had this later in my layout block: \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext } that command, of course, defines a staff context, so i guess the two staff

doits on a chord?

2008-10-17 Thread plutek-infinity
greetings! i'm trying to figure out how to apply doits to a chord, and neither of these produces anything: \score { c g1-\bendAfter #+5 } \score { c-\bendAfter #+5 g-\bendAfter #+5 1 } this has the desired effect, but seems messy and gives clashing note column errors: \score { \new Staff {

chord name position

2008-10-16 Thread plutek-infinity
greetings! i don't understand why the chord names end up below the staff when i do this: - \version 2.11.61 changes = \chords { c1 c1 } slashes = { \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash b'1 b'1 } \score { \new Staff \changes \slashes

Re: unusual Alto Clef

2008-10-09 Thread plutek-infinity
From: David Bobroff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've posted a slightly clearer copy of such a clef to issue 693. For what it's worth, my memory tells me that this style of C clef is to be found in French publications. I certainly remember seeing it in trombone parts of French pieces and this example

predefined commands reference

2008-10-09 Thread plutek-infinity
greetings! is there a collected reference of the meaning of the many lilypond predefined commands? i don't see it in the docs in particular, right now i'm trying to figure exactly what \compressFullBarRests does, so i can use my global style file to direct multi-measure rests to always

Re: predefined commands reference

2008-10-09 Thread plutek-infinity
From: Neil Puttock [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/10/9 plutek-infinity [EMAIL PROTECTED]: greetings! is there a collected reference of the meaning of the many lilypond predefined commands? i don't see it in the docs Unfortunately not, since there's currently no automatic documentation

Re: predefined commands reference

2008-10-09 Thread plutek-infinity
From: Neil Puttock [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...look at the the definition in ly/ thanks very much, graham and neil -- that was the hint i needed! cheers! -- .pltk. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

wildcards for \include ?

2008-10-08 Thread plutek-infinity
greetings! thing kind of thing doesn't seem to work: \include /some_directory/*.ly and i don't see any reference to wildcards for \include in the docs. is it possible somehow? thanks! -- .pltk. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: house chord style - global?

2008-10-08 Thread plutek-infinity
From: Carl D. Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:43:13 -0600 On 10/2/08 9:59 AM, plutek-infinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i also wish to have chord symbols only notated when they change. normally, to implement that and the chord symbol modifications, i must put this in any

house chord style - global?

2008-10-02 Thread plutek-infinity
greetings! i have implemented some changes to chord markup symbols, using the method shown at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page#Customizing-chord-names --- i've got this in a house-style.ly, which i \include at the beginning of each lilypond file: %

Re: lilypond.org down?

2008-09-26 Thread plutek-infinity
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:15:47 -0700 From: Paul Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] From here lilypond.org seems to be down. I can't even ping it. it looks fine from here. -- .pltk. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: lilypond.org down?

2008-09-26 Thread plutek-infinity
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:37:30 -0700 From: Patrick Horgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Scott wrote: Hi, From here lilypond.org seems to be down. I can't even ping it. Paul Scott From here too--if some can get to it, then something on the backbone quit routing for some reason. I did a

Re: Fwd: Users' Manual

2007-09-25 Thread plutek
From: Jonathan Ano [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... The users' manual for the stable branch version is 451 pages long, and it's extremely inconvenient to print that. I was wondering if you have the manual in a book form that you ship; something like that would be helpful. i don't know of anyone offering

Re: chord syntax (Cm7M)

2007-05-14 Thread plutek
From: Iacopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] How to write in \chordmode this chord? Notes: [C, D#, G, B] or [C, D#, B] Intervals: min, maj, maj Name: Cm7M for a quarter-note: c4:min 7+ -- .pltk. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Users using unstable (was: Re: input/tolsr/)

2007-05-03 Thread plutek
Users of unstable LilyPond please raise a hand: plutek raises *both* hands, hoping the vote-counters won't notice. personal projects only (no commercial work for other folks), but all of my own composing for my various ensembles is either hand-copied (yes, pen and ink!) or typeset in lily

volta warning

2007-01-20 Thread plutek
greetings! when using voltaSpannerDuration to restrict the length of volta brackets, i get a warning cannot end volta spanner, when my restriction forces ending the bracket before the end of a line. the output seems fine; just wondering if there's anything that should be done about this

chord-name font size issues

2007-01-20 Thread plutek
greetings! when using \override ChordName #'font-size to make chord-names smaller, the superscripts stay the same distance above the main text baseline. i.e. the vertical distance between chord letter and chord type and extensions, relative to font size, gets larger. is this the intended

chords in full score

2006-02-07 Thread plutek
greetings! i am copying an orchestral score in which there are three flute parts, always in rhythmic unison. we would like them to appear in the full score as chords, but still be easily extracted for parts. is there a way (other than a lot of cut'n'paste) to do this? my basic strategy for

force time signature

2003-10-06 Thread plutek
laura conrad asked a question similar to this a while ago, and never got an answer i'll try again: i am attempting to force the current key signature to display after a \break, but without also printing a cautionary time-sig at the end of the previous system. if i simply insert another \time

Re: individual tie directions in chords

2003-09-27 Thread plutek
a better version, perhaps but i stil can't get around the need to extra-offset the notehead and tie for the 'f': \score { \notes \relative c' { \context Staff { \new Voice { \property Voice.NoteHead \set #'extra-offset = #'(-1.3 . 0)

individual tie directions in chords

2003-09-26 Thread plutek
in the following: \score { \notes \relative c' { f g c~f g c } \paper { raggedright = ##t} } it seems clear to me that the tie between g's should go up, to avoid colliding with the tie between f's. unfortunately, that does not follow the rule of curving away from staff center. i have not been

Re: individual tie directions in chords

2003-09-26 Thread plutek
On Friday 26 September 2003 04:57 pm, you wrote: in the following: \score { \notes \relative c' { f g c~f g c } \paper { raggedright = ##t} } it seems clear to me that the tie between g's should go up, to avoid colliding with the tie between f's. unfortunately, that does not follow

parenthesized grace note

2003-09-18 Thread plutek
anyone have a method for putting parentheses around a grace note (other than building the whole thing with \markup)? specifically, i wish to have a parenthesized small notehead beside the main note of a trill, to indicate the trill note. yes, i have seen the discussion about placing an accidental

cross-barline AND cross-linebreak beams

2003-09-17 Thread plutek
regression | beaming.ly states Beams may cross bar lines. In that case, line breaks are forbidden. i am attempting to typeset a piece with many cross-barline beamings. in some places, there is insufficient opportunity, while avoiding beamed-across barlines, to find line breaks. i get a warning:

Re: Quarter-tones

2003-09-16 Thread plutek
AFAIK this is not yet available. i highly endorse your request for inclusion of this much-needed feature! perhaps, in the meantime, someone has a work-around?? best- -p Hi everyone! I checked the Lily-documentation but couldn't find anything about it: quater-tones. Is it possible to make

change metronome size

2003-09-05 Thread plutek
does anyone know how to change size of a metronome marking? this changes everything, except the note stem (which stays as it was both in position and size): \notes { \property Score.MetronomeMark \set #'font-magnification = #0.5 \tempo 4 = 120 c''1 } this doesn't seem to be addressed in

change markup note size

2003-09-05 Thread plutek
related to my recent query about metronome sizes: \markup { \teeny \note #2 #0 #1 } yields the same problem (small notehead, but original size/position stem). anyone know a way around this? -p ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: change markup note size

2003-09-05 Thread plutek
followup to my own post: while the notation manual states: \note log dots dir with a note explaining that the third value refers to the stem direction (+1 is up and -1 is down), it does not tell us what i have just discovered: the third value ALSO controls stem length and position. \markup {